On 10/10/09 14:51, quoth David Hardy:
This discussion reminds me of a number of IT job interviews I had where
the tech questions asked of me were delivered in a smug, condescending
tone, and if I didn't know every single facet of their infrastructure
when I walked through their door, then I
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Sent: Fri, October 9, 2009 8:40:44 PM
Subject: Re: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
OK. I'll bite.
What aspects of that document do you not like?
--Bruce
Lori Nagel wrote:
For no particular reason, I will say I do not think very highly of that
document.
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On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 09:04 -0400, Alex Hewitt wrote:
Lori has hit it on the head. The document reeks of us and them. I
taught programming for several years at a community college. I told my
students that there were no stupid questions. I told them that if they
asked me a question 5
As the person who may or may not have been the object of the OP, allow
me to make a comment.
I found the linked document to be both condescending and informative.
For a while I was quite irritated. I think I'm over it now.
There are better ways to ask a question so that one can get good
This discussion reminds me of a number of IT job interviews I had where the
tech questions asked of me were delivered in a smug, condescending tone, and
if I didn't know every single facet of their infrastructure when I walked
through their door, then I must be a dolt and a fool. (I only had 13
Lori Nagel writes:
It took me half a year just to figure out how to add the math
library into the compiler so I could compile some basic C programs
from one of the C programing books I have.
Sorry, I must politely disagree that a situation like this relates in
any way to any of the negative
I dislike the document because it's pedantically long-winded. It
desperately needs an executive summary. Anyone willing to read enough of
the document to benefit from it is likely already asking reasonable
questions, and thus is likely *not* the target audience.
--DTVZ
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at
For no particular reason, I will mention that I think that this is a
really good document.
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
I hope that others enjoy it as well.
Kind regards,
--kevin
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GnuPG ID: B280F24EGod, I loved that Pontiac.
alumni.unh.edu!kdc
For no particular reason, I will say I do not think very highly of that
document.
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From: Kevin D. Clark kevin_d_cl...@comcast.net
To: Greater NH Linux User Group gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Sent: Fri, October 9, 2009 12:38:52 PM
Subject: How To Ask Questions
Lori Nagel writes:
For no particular reason, I will say I do not think very highly of
that document.
Everybody is entitled to their opinion. In fact, I do not agree with
every aspect of that document. But overall I like it.
Kind regards,
--kevin
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GnuPG ID: B280F24EGod,
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Sent: Fri, October 9, 2009 12:38:52 PM
Subject: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
For no particular reason, I will mention that I think that this is a
really good document.
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
I hope that others enjoy it as well.
Kind
Eric Raymond can be a PITA but in this case his recommendations (or,
more to the point, the principles behind them) are refined and spot-on;
they're applicable in pretty much any situation involving interactions
among multiple (smart) parties, not just online mailing lists...
*sigh*
I have no particular problem with that particular document. I actually
think it's pretty well-written, despite a slightly preachy tone. BUT...
I get tired of ESR fast. Real fast. Ever read any recent copies of The
Jargon File? I deeply dislike the way he feels he speaks for all
Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com writes:
I've very often also found that while framing up a question in a
smart fashion, I'll realize what I haven't done but should
The ironic corollary to this that bites me about once a year is that I'm
busy banging my head against a problem. I finally give
Ken D'Ambrosio writes:
He's clearly been a force for good. But there's been an awful lot of
baggage he's dragged around with him, and it seems to seep into most all
his writings to some extent or another.
Ken has expressed here, more elegantly than I could have, my main
objections to this
Subject: Re: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
OK. I'll bite.
What aspects of that document do you not like?
--Bruce
Lori Nagel wrote:
For no particular reason, I will say I do not think very highly of that
document.
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From: Kevin D. Clark kevin_d_cl
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